Torrents are peer to peer, as in, you're only going to be downloading as much as someone else with the same torrent is uploading.

Edit: expanding a bit...raising your upload speed sometimes helps, because that's how the bittorrent protocol works. however, it doesn't necessarily work in that way if you're the only leecher (the only person that hasn't completed).

Not to say torrents suck, you're just prolly getting the wrong ones
I max out my connection all the time while downloading (3mbps).

Change the port used in the Azureus options (making sure its available in your firewall) and check the encryption feature so that the ISP isnt aware it is torrents you are downloading.

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ISP's are usually throttling the ports, so not using the default 6881-6889 for bittorrent might help, but it's doubtful. More likely that there's no generous leechers/seeders on the torrent. Encryption is dependent iirc on tracker and torrent/torrent client support.

ISP's are usually throttling the ports, so not using the default 6881-6889 for bittorrent might help, but it's doubtful. More likely that there's no generous leechers/seeders on the torrent. Encryption is dependent iirc on tracker and torrent/torrent client support.

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I disagree from experience, its usually down to the ISP. I had the same problem as the thread starter (and I presume as hes in the Isle Of Man he has BT pipes) last week getting 1 or 2kbs, but as soon as I sorted out the ports and checked the encryption box in Azureus (as they suggest on their web site), my speeds picked up dramatically with the same number of seeds/leechers/

I disagree from experience, its usually down to the ISP. I had the same problem as the thread starter (and I presume as hes in the Isle Of Man he has BT pipes) last week getting 1 or 2kbs, but as soon as I sorted out the ports and checked the encryption box in Azureus (as they suggest on their web site), my speeds picked up dramatically with the same number of seeds/leechers/

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well, i live halfway across the world, wouldn't have any experience with BT or any of the other european ISPs O

oh, check the NAT connectivity, it takes longer to connect to peers if you dont have it set up with your router, etc. if you have one.

It is so slow because it is a terribly crappy program, just like LimeWire.....

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you know what's crappier? the mass majority of bittorrent clients for mac being banned/not recommended on major torrent sites because of irregularities and just general outdatedness.

Plus there's the fact that transmission may be a unibin, but azureus is still the king of torrent applications for mac and particularly for intel macs, as no client comes even close to the features az has. (dont say bits on wheels, cause that app is about half a year old and is missing a lot of new features, and is banned from one of my favorite sites..)

Also java apps are convenient for me in that they're cross-platform compatible. No headaches, for the most part.
Can't say the same to utorrent for windows or transmission/tomato/bow for mac

oh hells yes..i download dvd (cough..linux) installers in a matter of a couple of hours

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